Earl Grey and Shallow Graves: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Sleuth (A Waterwheel Cafe Mystery Book 1)

Earl Grey and Shallow Graves: A British Cozy Murder Mystery with a Female Sleuth (A Waterwheel Cafe Mystery Book 1)

by Victoria Tait

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Added on January 23, 2026

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A hidden skeleton. A missing girl. Can a determined café owner uncover the truth, or will a deadly secret remain buried for ever?Sergeant Keya Varma is delighted to begin her new part-time role as the Cotswolds’ Rural Engagement Officer, while fulfilling her long-held dream of opening a small neighbourhood café. But she gets herself into a stew when builders uncover a young girl’s remains during the renovation work.While Keya and her police colleagues make progress reopening the case of a local girl who vanished thirty years ago, her brief taste of success turns bitter when a friend is found dead at her café. As confusion over identities threatens to derail the investigation, Keya fears that justice may never be served.Can Keya dig into the mystery and uncover the real culprit?Earl Grey and Shallow Graves is the first book in the Waterwheel Café Mystery series. If you enjoy clever puzzles, warm friendships and life in the Cotswolds, you’ll love Victoria Tait’s engaging British cozy mystery.Read Earl Grey and Shallow Graves and discover the secrets buried beneath the Cotswolds today!

Reader Reviews

★★Regina the Constant Reader

⭐️⭐️ - Kindle Book Books based in other countries are hit or miss for me, and this was a miss. I just couldn’t get into the story or the characters.

★★★★★LORI CASWELL

Dollycas’s ThoughtsI am thrilled that Victoria Tait has spun Sergeant Keya Varma off into her own series!In this first installment, Keya has gone part-time in her job as Cotswolds’ Rural Engagement Officer so that she can start living her dream by opening a cafe attached to Akeman’s Antique Center. Right now there are a lot of renovations taking place including repairing the waterwheel and making it the focal point of the cafe.The work on the cafe is moving along nicely but when the crew started

★★★★★Kathleen

Earl Grey and Shallows Graves Earns 5+/5 Waterwheels … Engaging Favorite!After the Rural, Heritage, and Wildlife Unit was disbanded under a cloud of suspicion, Sergeant Keya Varma found herself reassigned as a Cotswold’s Rural Engagement Officer providing a friendly police presence as well as looking into thefts and general nuisances. It’s only a part-time position which fit perfectly in Keya’s life since she had accepted the challenge of opening a café in Akemans Antique Center. Renovations wer

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